Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

svag

weak/svɑːɡ/

Meaning

weak

In Swedish: som har liten kroppslig el. själslig kraft

Forms

Forms of svag
Basic form	svag	with en-words
Neuter	svagt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	svaga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	svagare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	svagast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does svag mean?

svag in a sentence

svag hörsel
poor hearing
ha svag hälsa
delicate health
svag vind
light breeze
svag i armarna
with weak arms
en svag teaterpjäs
a poor play
vara svag i matte
be bad at maths
svagt te
weak tea
en svag doft av honung
a weak scent of honey

Expressions

vara svag för någon el. något
be fond of (have a weakness for) sby or sth.

Questions

What does svag mean in English?

svag means “weak”.

Origin

From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak.

Nearby common words

svag is number 1,250 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,246besök visit, stay
1,247varken neither
1,248bredvid adjacent to, beside
1,249professor professor
1,251syn eyesight, vision
1,252kund customer
1,253kallad called
1,254vittne witness

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary